Beyond the Void is an upcoming real-time strategy video game. Two players compete against each other on a space battlefield to rule the galaxy. The game is designed to be competitive and playable in E-sport tournaments.

The “Free-to-play” model

We believe players should pay because they like the game and they have fun playing it. We don’t want people to have to pay in order to enjoy the game.

"Don't make people pay for entertainment. Entertain them so that they will pay." ~Jamie Cheng, Founder of Klei Entertainment

The free-to-play model is widely used in video games because it is easily profitable.Our business model is based on a strategy similar to "League of Legends", which is the most played game in the world, the most streamed and one of the most profitable.

Why would players spend money on a free game ?

- To access the contents faster- To get vanity content - To play with more strategic possibilities

What do we sell in the game’s shop ?

Skins: playing the same ship in all games becomes more fun if you can choose an alternative skin. It is not limited to the mothership artwork: sounds and alternative effects will be available as well. If the player feels strong with a ship, he can show it to the community by getting cool new looks for it.

Holotags: it allows you to print your mark in game on the battlefield

Avatars: artworks you can display on your profile picture

Titles: add a title such as “Doctor” at the beginning or “Nevronom killer” at the end of your nickname (and many more). Special titles will be reserved for backers only (the backer ranks will be announced on October 3rd).

Boosters: they make you earn more game points at the end of games

Event cards: they add events in the game that players have to deal with while playing. Each game becomes different and it adds strategic possibilities. These cards will be available to use for free, a few at a time and for a limited period only. Players can test them, but if they want to use them on a regular basis they have to purchase them.

A little bit about the gameplay:

Command your Mothership through an epic space war as you conquer planets and fight against your opponent’s fleet ! Choose your skills and event cards wisely beforehand to suit your own gameplay and strategies. Build harvesters and manage your resources in real time to achieve one goal: defeat the enemy.

What’s the link to blockchain technology and altcoins ?

We created a token called the Nexium (Nxc) within the Ethereum Blockchain.

Some information about the Nexium:

- We created 100 000 000 using a smart contract (the amount is fixed)- They can’t be mined- 15% are set apart for the founders- 15% are spent on the promotion of the project- 70% are on the market for backers- All the unsold Nexium will be burnt (meaning destroyed)- They can be spent in the game’s shop or traded

The “true ownership” concept

Traditionally, items (characters, spaceships, titles, ...) that a game company sells is vendor locked. They are tied to their games, they are prisoners of their servers. You can’t resell them or give them to a friend.Furthermore each company has its own way, its own format, its own servers to store these items.

It is the very opposite of the “true ownership” concept we promote. This concept was first popularized by the card game Spell of Genesis (EverdreamSoft).

The gamer is the real owner of his assets. He can do whatever he wants with them. He can sell, give, trade, or even destroy them.These items are not prisoners of our server, but are on the blockchain,using a standard format. We have chosen the Ethereum which is very powerful when it comes to transaction speed, community and smart contracts. We respect the ERC20 standard, so these items can easily be traded on external exchange platforms.

Finally we can share some of them among different games, involving different companies.The first example is with our partner everdreamsoft. We made a special asset : “Crystalibur”, in reference to “Spell of Genesis” Bitcrystal token during our presale.

With Beyond the Void, we propose an innovative gameplay and a brand new economic system for our players.

Initial creator of Beyond the Void. Concept Artist and Lead Developer. Six years of experience as a freelance graphic designer in the video game industry. Worked on The Cursed Crusade (Kylotonn) and Expendable 2 (Ubisoft/Zootfly). Unity developer. Cofounder, Ratel Studio. Digital painting instructor at Bellecour art school. Resides in Lyon, France. Portfolio: http://www.maxence-burgel.com/

Paterfamilias and spiritual leader to the team at Beyond the Void. Started programming on a TRS-80. Data Processing Designer for a Swiss hospital system. Cryptocurrency advocate and community organizer. In the past, he has worked on projects to prevent check fraud and improve medical imaging (tomography). Resides in Lyon, France.

Game Designer and Ethereum smart contract developer at Beyond the Void. Two-year degree in Information Technology, at Institut Universitaire Technologique Lyon 1. He has worked in data analysis for LIRIS (Pictures and Information Technology laboratory). Avid game player and community member. Worked as a game designer at Ratel Studio. Resides in Lyon, France.

Each rank receives advantages and a Rank Card (like Ship Pilot or Constellation King). Some of the advantages are tied to the Rank card, and can only be sold or traded along with the card. To make these items easy to identify in the following tables, we’ve marked them with a star.

Frequently Asked Questions

1.On the crowdfunding page, it says 110 000€ fixed goal. What does that mean ?

It means that, if we sell less than 110 000€ worth of Nexium in total, all of the backers can reclaim their Ethers. We already sold 5 million Nexiums during the pre-sale for 50 000€. There is still 60 000€ to go.Of course, we hope to sell a lot more than that so we can hire more developers and promote the game.

2.Is the Nexium price fixed ?

Yes. The Nexium price will be fixed and announced on 24th of October. However, it may vary slightly during the crowdfunding, following the price of Ethers.65 million tokens will be available to purchase during the crowdsale. All the unsold tokens will be burned (destroyed).

The Decentralised Conglomerate will be taking part in the support of the ICO coming up on November 1st as one of the major backers of the project involving both OpenLedger ApS and ICOO holders, and now this way as well via the DC marketing package offered to startups.

The token NEXIUM (NxC) will also be possible to trade on OpenLedger once the tokens are becoming available at launch time. You can find out more at http://beyond-the-void.net

In our ICO, a smart contract will be used as an escrow. It is written in the smart contract that we can't get the money if the 110 000€ goal is not reached. This smart contract will be published for everyone to see before the crowdfunding starts.Our marketing is being taken care of by our partner Openledger and the Decentralized Conglomerate. We might do bounties for translations, but we'll let everybody know when that happens.